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  • Advent 13 – Community

    Advent 13 – Community

    Advent is, in large part, all about community. While Mary may have kept to herself as she “pondered these things in her heart” (Luke 2:19), she was in the stable at the time, surrounded by a no doubt still-stunned Joseph and a cadre of wild-talking shepherds. People need people. We’re a social species. And sometimes,…

  • Advent 6 – When the Hard Days Come

    Advent 6 – When the Hard Days Come

    I’ve written before about the pervasive need to be kind to yourself in stressful situations, in part to avoid behaving in a way that demands that you sheepishly apologize the following day. Well, some days are easier than others and, since the idea behind Advent Adventure is to live in the so-called Real World, I…

  • Advent 1 – Let’s Begin!

    Advent 1 – Let’s Begin!

    Today was the first day of Advent and I wanted to check in with all you Divas-in-training to see how things went and to report in on my own efforts. I did well on the “reverse Advent calendar” – I got the food box started with a box of cereal (okay, I also added in…